What is the meaning of scintillate?

verb

  • Give off.
    • usage: "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
  • Reflect brightly.
    • usage: "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
  • Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.
    • usage: "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star"
  • Physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon.
    • usage: "the phosphor fluoresced"
  • Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.
    • usage: "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
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APAWordNet. (2010). scintillate. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/scintillate/definitions/1309052
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